Drawer-pull.



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' A. SHEPARD.

DRAWER PULL.

(Lpplicntion filed May 9, 1899.)

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a front elevation of my drawer-pull.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS SHEPARD, OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

DRAWER-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 664,181, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed May 9, 1899. Serial No. 716,107. (No model.)

To (til whom it may concern-.-

Be it known thatI, AMos SHEPARD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Plantsville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Pulls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drawer-pulls; and the chief object of my improvementis to produce an extensible drawerpull of a simple, neat, and efficient construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation or end view. Fig. t is a reverse plan view with the pull-plate extended. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line a; a; of Fig. 1 looking toward the right. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 1, the pull-plate being extended. Fig. 7 is a detached front elevation of the frame of my drawer-pull, and Fig. 8 is a detached front elevation of the pull-plate.

The frame of my drawer-pull is composed of the connecting-bar A and two ears or brackets B B at the ends of said bar, said ears ha ving screw-holes 9 or other provision for attaching the frame to the face of the drawerfront or other object to which the pull is to be applied. The said ears B are also provided with pivot-sockets 10, preferably open to the rear, and with stop-shoulders 11 at the confronting edges of said ears. The pullplate C is provided with substantially a straight upper edge and with trunnions 12 at the opposite ends. The ends of the pull-plate inside the trunnions are shaped to fit in between the confronting edges of the ears B B. Upon the back or inside of the pull-plate at each end are studs or lugs 13, at the rear end of which lugs are the stops let for engaging the stop-shoulders 11 of the frame. These stops are shown in the form of plates secured to the ends of said lugs 13 by means of rivets 15, which are cast in; but the manner of securing the said stops is not essential.

The parts are assembled by merely entering the trunnions 12 within the sockets 10 from the rear, then swinging the pull-plate down in between the ears and securing the stops 14 in place. When thus assembled and secured in proper position on a drawer-front, the pull -plate drops down flush with the ears B B, so as to be comparatively fiat or contracted sufficiently to be largely out of the way, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In this position the pull-plate does not come quite in contact with the drawer front, but leaves room enough, especially near each end of the pull-plate, for lifting the plate with the tips of ones fingers to extend the said plate, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. When so extended there is plenty of room to insert ones fingers behind the plate for obtaining a firm hold thereon. The pull plate is stopped in its pendent or contracted position by means of the bar A, against which the rear side of the pull-plate near its upper end abuts, whereby the said bar serves as a stop to limit the pendent or contracted position of the pull-plate with its outer face flush with the ears B B. When the pull-plate is extended, its outward movement is limited by the joint action of the two sets of stops-viz., the stops 14, shoulders 11, the top of the bar A, and rear side of the pull-plate near its upper edge. By reference to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the stops 1% and shoulders 11 engage each other near their lower edges, and the plate fulcrums thereon as it is pulled outwardly, so as to press the upper edge of the said pull-plate firmly against the bar A and relieve the trunnions 12 of all strain. The fulcrum of the pull-plate on the stops 1% is at about the vertical middle of the said plate. The bar A is firmly supported by resting on the drawer-front, and thus the swinging pull-plate comes to a firm bearing and gives a strong and efficient pull, although it swings upon slender trunnions that are too frail of themselves to furnish such a strong pull as is obtained by the construction herein shown and described.

It is apparent that some changes from the specific construction herein disclosed may be made, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form of construction shown and described, but desire the liberty to make such changes in working my invention as may fairly come within the spirit and scope of the same.

I am aware that lifting-handles are made with the handles hinged on a plate or frame and provided with stops to limit the said han- ICO dles in their outward movement when at substantiallya right angle to the face upon which the frame is secured, and such handles are hereby disclaiined.

I claim as my invention- 1. In an extensible drawer-pull, the combination of a frame, a pull-plate pivoted in said frame, stops for limiting the outward movement of said plate and a stop on said frame arranged for being engaged by the rear side of said pull-plate near its upper edge to limit the inward movement of said plate with its lower edge removed from the drawer-front for the application of a persons linger-tips to the under edge of said pull-plate, substantially as described.

2. In a drawer-pull, the combination of the frame composed of the connecting-bar and the two forWardly-projeating cars at the ends of the said bar, with the pull-plate pivoted to the said ears above the upper edge of the said connecting-bar and adapted to swing in between the said forwardly-projecting ears to a position substantially liush therewith and to extend over and conceal the said connectingbar, substantially as described.

3. In a drawer-pull, the combination of the frame, with the pull-plate pivoted therein and two sets of stops between the said frame and plate for taking the strain of the pull and relieving the pivots from the said strain, substantially as described.

4:. In a drawer-pull, the combination of the frame consisting of the two cars and connecting-bar, the said ears beingprovided with pintle-sockets and stop-shoulders, with the pullplate pivoted in said sockets, covering the said bar and adapted at its upper part to bear thereon, the lugs 13 on the rear of said pullplate and stops on said lugs for engaging the stop-shoulders of the said ears, substantially as described.

5. In a drawer-pull, the combination of the frame consisting of the two cars and connecting-bar, with the pull-plate pivoted in said ears and fulcrum-stops at about the vertical middle of the said pullplate for distributing the pulling pressure on said plate through the upper part of said plate to the upper portion of the said connecting-bar, substantially as described.

7 AMOS SHEPARD. Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD,

A. W. STIPEK. 

